Web Design | Form Follows Function
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Good design doesn't just happen...
Good design doesn't just happen, it takes planning and creativity. There's something more important than good design, it is effective and profitable design for small and medium business web sites.
In today's business climate, a web site is not a cost center, it is a revenue center.
Here are some of the things that I believe about the web:
I believe that "form follows function."I believe that the web is the great equalizer for small and mid-sized businesses competing with "big" businesses.
I believe that the web is a means to an end, not the end itself.
I believe that first visit to a web site is the most important visit.
I believe that just because you can build your own web site, you should.
I believe that search engine optimization is just good web site planning.
I believe that people buy products and services, not search engines so design accordingly.
Contents at a Glance
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- The Web Credibility Project: Guidelines - Stanford University
- Stanford Guidelines for Web Credibility
How can you boost your web site's credibility? We have compiled 10 guidelines for building the credibility of a
web site. These guidelines are based on three years of research that included
over 4,500 people. - Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab
- The Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab creates insight into how computing products from websites to mobile phone software can be designed to change what people believe and what they do.
- riis | research into internet systems
- Web site optimization speeds up web page downloads and increases website performance. Optimized web pages increase website speed and decrease bailout rates, using web log analysis, code, network and database optimization.
- Small Business Administration - Business Plan Basics
- This may be an odd place to consider the SBA, but, every web site should start with a good plan. However, you can't have a good web design plan if you don't have a good business plan. Start here first!!!
Form
- AIGA
- AIGA, the professional association for design, is committed to furthering excellence in design as a broadly-defined discipline, strategic tool for business and cultural force. AIGA is the place design professionals turn to first to exchange ideas and information, participate in critical analysis and research and advance education and ethical practice.
- Graphic Design Network | Host System
- Graphic Design Network for Designers illustrators, photographers, agencies and others in the creative visual communications industry.Home of Photoshop Tips & Tricks, DT&G Magazine, Web Design & Review, and 60-Second Window. for anyone who uses a computer for visual arts.
- Webmonkey | design : site_building
- Here is some useful and basic information that every one planning to build a web site should consider. Web Monkey has been around for almost as long as I have. Some of the articles may be old circa. 1998, but, the same information still applies.
User Experience Design Books
Jobs on Indeed
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Hassett Willis & Company - Washington, DC
web pages and web-based applications. Design, code... of relevant experience in web design, web development, interface design, or software design A Bachelor’s... ... - Web Producer
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RCN - Falls Church, VA
for site enhancements and in support of web and... design using Photoshop. Knowledge of user interface design principles, web design best practices and a... ... - Technical Writer
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Veteran's Enterprise Technology Solutions, Inc. - Washington, DC
their business models and goals and help define strategy, features for design of their content in... of site design and principles of Web design (HTML... ... - Database Administrator/Web Developer--Program Analyst 3: CSTM (Client Solutions Team Member--FAA)
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Triumph Enterprises, Inc. - Washington, DC
top-level business unit sites Ensure uniform navigation throughout sites Provide guidance to business... FAA or ATO Web Management Offices Establish Web and... ... - Senior Information Architect
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Sapient Government Services (US) - Arlington, VA
organization, interaction design, and business/user process engineering for leading-edge Web solutions... design methods to translate user needs, business... ...
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- LazySmart Designs--Web design, strategy, and marketing
- LazySmart Designs is a web design, strategy, and marketing firm. We work with small and mid-sized businesses to maximize the potential of the web.
- Washington Architectural Foundation Web Site
- Site Designed by LazySmart Designs
Started by the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1988, the Washington Architectural Foundation (WAF) has worked to make Washington, DC, a better place to live, work, and go to school.
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Glennette Clark is the Creative Strategist for Lazy Smart Consulting. We provide creative design solutions for small and mid-sized businesses and nonprofits.... more »
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